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...does not expect OPM to O.K. all of Venezuela's needs without a battle. First big fight ahead will concern whether EDB can get a blanket approval, or will have to haggle over every item. If Colonel Lord wins that battle it will be a precedent for deals with the other 19 republics. His strongest arguments: 1) these are minimum needs, for which the Latin American countries are willing and eager to pay; 2) if they are not granted, in too many cases the war-straitened economies of these nations may collapse; 3) hemisphere solidarity is worth...
...Bout these fust few days thar ain't much to say 'cept keep yore tail high and don't get roped by too many saddle-blanket cleaners. They'll be a-tryin' to lasso you from every which way soon as you trot through the lines at that old barn called Memorial Hall. 'Course you'll want the Crimson lyin' on the stable step to take the blinders off yore eyes every morning, but don't let thim maverick 'Pooners stampede...
...told the inhabitants what would happen to their economy if they refused, one by one the five colonies (Cameroun, Chad, Gabon, Middle Congo, Ubangi-Shari) voted to put themselves under De Gaulle without reservations. Even so the old pro-Vichy governor at Brazzaville had to be wrapped in a blanket and deposited across the border in Belgian...
Responsible for the Hollywood aspects of this experiment is a man named Vanda of CBS. CBS has invested $50,000 in a series of twelve try out shows (blanket title: Forecast) that it hopes will make hay when the summer doldrums are over. Last year, from a similar showcase, CBS sold Duffy's Tavern, now sponsored by Schick Magazine Repeating Razor Co. Besides Marlene's Scheherazade, other straw-hat sustainers this year will include Mischa Auer, Adolphe Menjou, Frank McHugh...
...Gave blanket priorities to shipyards for materials needed to build and outfit ways (A1a on ways which will turn out completed ships this year, A-1-b on ways which will not produce ships until...